the chief executive to appoint members of parliament in line with a beijing appointed committee adrian brown has been speaking to opposition leaders in hong kong about the changes who say they won't be giving up without a fight. location hey represents what's left of a once thriving opposition party many of its members have been arrested with others now on trial accused of subversion loz doing court in 6 months to face unlawful assembly charges but is free on bail he says china's government can eliminate hong kong's political opposition but not the aspirations of its people the chinese government or the whole kong government they can suppress the whole competition's they can suppress the opposition politicians but they couldn't suppress all the oppositions the opposition come from the people beijing's electoral overhaul of this territory will likely mean the opposition's landslide win in district council elections 60 months ago was probably it's lost. many of the winning candidates will link to the protest movement a year later the hong kong government canceled the more important elections f

british to chinese rule have not been broken but to some those guarantees now seem worth miss adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. robert scott is a senior international economist at the economic policy institute says he thinks the united states is options for pressure in china are limited. certainly we can sanction china in international arena as we can consider terrorists from putting limits on their diplomats that mean limits on their voting rights in forums like the international monetary fund we're trying china has sought to increase representation so that's one step we can take and i think the key is to actually curtail china's economic power which we have failed to do over the past 2 decades if you feel that enormous trade surpluses and its use east to fuel is growing could gemini around the world there are sanctions the united states can put in place on businesses operating in hong kong specially chinese businesses so that's one option available to us and i think that would make progress unfortunately i think china has decided it it does not need a financial power and it was tested i

want to continue doing business in china or let's get some analysis of what's being said from adrian brown who's in hong kong for us so agent tell us more for us about the message these officials from change on they're trying to convey here. well i think fully the message was quite simple and it was basically this don't believe what the western media is saying about the situation changing it bears no comparison with reality where's the evidence of sexual violence against women in these so-called vocational training centers which human rights groups call labor camps where is the evidence of forced labor in the cotton farms and cotton mills and cotton factories where is there evidence of of people being repressed when it comes to religion there is no evidence and that was the message that came through loud and clear and there was another i think theme throughout and it was this don't mess with china we've had you know years decades of being humiliated by the west we're tired of the smears we're tired of the lies the media who were in attendance were actually invited to go to sion jang to see

adrian brown's live for us in hong kong adrian as katrina was saying the premier league has shange saying that china would stay true to the principles of old one country 2 systems under which of course hong kong administers itself with a high degree of autonomy that's what he said but this does seem to be the point at which china is event of finally clamping down and taking control of hong kong. yeah rob i mean as katrina said the national security law was imposed in hong kong at the last national people's congress with gave us all that shock and awe now we've got more shock and awe on friday what is happening what beijing has decided to do in many ways represents a complete overhaul of the election system electoral system here in hong kong a complete dismantling in fact what is beijing money well he wants to ensure that in future people who want to run for office have to declare and prove they are patriots that they support china they have to support the motherland the question is does supporting the motherland also mean supporting the communist party that has a main clearly defined get

maintain the hong kong's constitutional order well that's now get the perspective from hong kong adrian brown is there for us adrian we all knew this was coming but now it's actually been passed so how is this going over is there a future for the pro-democracy movement going forward. i think the future for the pro-democracy movement is very grim indeed according to the few commentators still prepared to speak out here they say that democracy has now been in their words extinguished here in hong kong in fact even one of the kerry lambs key advisors bernard chan who's one of her closest advisors has said in many ways hong kong has gone back to the situation it was in in the eighty's when hong kong of course was still a british colony and he says that you know that's how bad the situation is you know what little democracy hong kong has had has now gone and remember this was a system that in many ways was already rigged in china's favor so in many ways it's also academic as to why china has had to do this because almost the entire leadership of the pro-democracy bloc is now either arrested or hav

beijing hundreds of the supporters of gathered outside the courthouse as it was correspondent adrian brown joins us live from hong kong a of us will cruise through what's going through in the. courthouse today. well it's what's happening outside the courthouse peter that's interesting if you mentioned in your introduction hundreds of people have gathered outside the west kalou magistrates court to queue stretches right around the block and a lot of the people are shouting some of the slogans that you used to hear during the protests in 2019 ike fight for freedom stand with hong kong slogans that are now basically borderline seditious there is a heavy police presence and in the last few minutes the police have been asking people to leave the area warning them that they are breaching social distancing rules so something of a standoff taking place outside of the court but it does show the enormous interest there is in this trial before he 7 activists and politicians who were charged with violating the national security law are due to arrive here at the court in the next few minutes but on top

in china the un secretary general says for now he remains hopeful that agreement can be reached adrian brown al jazeera. on tuesday palestinians commemorate alarms day when israel confiscated thousands of hectares of land of galilee in by 276 korean places military zones and state land around methods used to take over palestinian property and push locals the abraham reports. this is the only place where articles hold a small village named tom saw in the occupied west bank she's been living here for more than 50 years now her simple way of life is under threat last june israeli soldiers handed had an eviction notice saying that this area was designated as an archaeological site said if this is the enemy i told the military that's one never added the block i live in a tent but that didn't said i have to leave. justinian's years say israel has been trying to make life so difficult for them that their only option is to leave unwanted judith lives in the just click village in the jordan valley israeli military confiscated his tractors last year saying he used them on state lands he's been ordered

this draft law good to know thanks very much and between you force in the beijing let's go to adrian braun brown who's live for us in hong kong this seems to be the point at which china does finally take over hong kong. yeah rob i mean last year at the last national people's congress we had shock and awe when beijing unveiled its new national security law from hong kong now we've got more of the same today what it means really is what you said in your introduction the opposition here is effectively being dismantled and of course that raises serious questions over the credibility of future elections not just for the chief executive but also for the legislative assembly as well as the district councils and it's the district councils that have been worrying beijing keeping the leaders awake at night because 90 percent of those district councils are controlled by the opposition now there are a few other places in the world where district councils would command as much international attention as they are today but that is a measure of just how concerned beijing because people voted overwhelmingly for

out more about how people feel about this in hong kong china thank you we're going to speak to adrian brown now who's there so adrian what will this new election law mean for hong kong and the pro-democracy movement there how are people reacting. well i think the prospects are grim what little democracy hong kong had has now been completely extinguished in the view of the few commentators who are still prepared to talk out here this vetting committee has sensually means that members of the democratic party will not in future be able to stand in elections china as katrina said once only patriots to stand in elections in the future and just a few days ago we heard from china's one of its most senior officials here in the former british colony who gave his definition of what a patriot is he says loving china under the leadership of the communist party so loving the country equals loving the party we've also been hearing from bernard chan now what he had to say is interesting because he's actually a government advisor here in hong kong and he says that this decision means that hong kong's elect

secretary general says for now he remains hopeful and agree with can be reached adrian brown al jazeera on call. airport staff in the galapagos islands have rescued 175 endangered baby talk to says from a wildlife trafficker they'd been individually wrapped in plastic and put in a suitcase it's believed they were being brought to ecuador before being shipped elsewhere they can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars on the black market. the top stories around his era what police officer charged in the killing of george floyd has gone on trial in minneapolis in his opening statement prosecutor gerrie blackwell described how dire it should've been knelt on floyd's neck while he and his fellow offices ignored floyd saying i can't breathe at least 27 times and that his actions far exceeded what the situation called for. the force that mr savage was using was lethal force it was force that was capable of killing a human or putting his or her life in danger. the evidence is going to show you that there was no cause in the 1st place to use lethal force against a man who was defenseless who wa

british to chinese rule have not been broken but to some those guarantees now seem worse than this adrian brown al jazeera hong kong. the white house is warning of a powerful cyber espionage campaign that is targeting microsoft exchange email software so-called how hacking group has been remotely breaking into e-mail service since january the group is believed to be based in china microsoft says that the targets include infectious disease research as more phones higher education institutions defense contractors policy think tanks are normal governmental groups this is significant vulnerability that could have far reaching impacts 1st informants this is an active threat and as the national security adviser tweeted last night everyone running these servers government private sector academia needs to act now to patch them we are concerned that there are a large number of victims and are working with our partners to understand the scope of this the perseverance rover has traveled its 1st few pieces since landing on mars last month the u.s. space agency nasa says that all systems are go well brunell

opposition by giving beijing appointed committee control over who can run for office observers adrian brown has been speaking to opposition leaders in hong kong about the proposed rules and they say they won't give up without a fight. located in haiti represents what's left of a once thriving opposition party many of its members have been arrested with others now on trial accused of subversion loz doing court in 6 months to face unlawful assembly charges but is free on bail he says china's government can eliminate hong kong's political opposition but not the aspirations of its people their tiny skull and or the whole whole government they can suppress the whole competitions they can suppress the opposition politicians but they couldn't suppress or the oppositions the opposition come from the people beijing's electoral overhaul of this territory will likely mean the opposition's landslide win in district council elections 60 months ago was probably its last. many of the winning candidates were linked to the protest movement a year later the hong kong government canceled the more important el

secretary general says for now he remains hopeful and agree with can be reached adrian brown al jazeera on call. gunman have killed a policeman and an elected official of india's ruling b j p party in the disputed region of kashmir another b j p councillor was also wounded police have blamed rebel fighters for the attack but none of the armed groups fighting against in general has claimed responsibility yet kashmir is divided between india and pakistan but claimed by both countries in its entirety at port staff in the galapagos islands have rescued 175 endangered baby talk says from a wildlife trafficker they'd been individually wrapped in plastic and put in a suitcase it's believed they were being brought to ecuador before being shipped elsewhere the reptiles can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars on the black market amanda fein is an associate director of the wildlife conservation society she says there's growing concern that the illegal wildlife trade is a driver of virus transmission. the wildlife trade is very complex and multi-factorial for sure there is the removal of wildl

secretary general says for now he remains hopeful that agreement can be reached adrian brown al jazeera on call we have. the u.s. president. right now from the white house. and they make progress. over the last 3 days you had a record number of shots in arms with over 10000000 shots recorded in the weekend or 10000000 shots in 3 days that would have been inconceivable in january the progress we've made on vaccinate is countries a great american story the federal government has stepped up taken responsibility and launched a massive federal vaccination program governors and mayors of both political parties republicans and democrats have stepped up as well our military and national guard fema they have all been incredible health care providers community leaders from all walks of life so many volunteers of all ages and backgrounds stepped up as well my fellow americans look at what we have done in the past and weeks no other countries come close 100000000 shots in less than 60 days and now we're moving to the next 100000000 shots in just 40 days you heard me say many times before our progre

it's the largest use of the new organs pro-democracy activists since it was brought in last june adrian brown has more from hong kong. there was a heavy demand for seats at west kalou magistrates court on monday morning the queue stretching around the block dressed in the uniform of the protest movement their mood was defiant like many of those now facing charges the police tactic was restrained even though some symbols and slogans openly defied the new national security law a reminder that not all dissent here has been entirely extinguished i come here just then with my fellow brothers and said those who are being prosecuted who are be your birth it's the closest hong kong's come to a large demonstration since mainland china imposed its national security law on the territory 8 months ago some said they were here to protest against all 4 of terry and ruth everywhere you want. to have for your gun fight it can be 50 pounds. if yes then if i am not in spite of the new national security law people are chanting borderline seditious slogan slogans you heard during the protests in 2090 it is a remi

british to chinese rule have not been broken but to some those guarantees now seem worth a mess adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong and more with katrina you know in beijing katrina in short is there anything that the democracy movement in hong kong can do about this when china lays down a law like this or a vision like this it generally gets what it wants. well that's right i mean at the moment we're seeing china really enact the full force of what it's capable of in hong kong and china has been very clear since the very beginning that hong kong is a part of china and that it is within its right to make whatever forms it sees as necessary for protecting hong kong and maintaining the stability of hong kong society now china has said repeatedly that it is only continuing to enforce the one country 2 systems rule and that it's it's the responsibility of the chinese communist party to make sure that the hong kong citizens of the hong kong businesses are protected so it's always seen this is within its rights and it seemed the continuing part to us that we saw in the 292-1000 leading up to 2020 as

government in beijing hundreds of their supporters gathered outside the courthouse as well also there adrian brown reporting for us tell us what's happened today jane. will come out as you can see plenty of media here plenty of lawyers and of course plenty of protesters the action has been happening outside of the court since early monday morning hundreds of people began gathering some were queuing others were just milling around but it had that sort of feel of the protests in 2019 because they were chanting some of the slogans we heard back then chanting things like fight for freedom stand with hong kong i met a woman who had a a union jack wrapped around of the union jack of course being the flag of the former colonial power britain and she said that she was here not just to support those now on trial but also to support the protesters in me in march she said that we have to stand up to authoritarian rule everywhere and a lot of the protesters have been adopting the free finger salute which of course is used by protesters from me and mark thailand to now here in hong kong what is happening insid

the election committee will now nominate all candidates to the territories legislative council adrian brown has more from hong kong on the significance of this move by china. the opposition here is effect leaping dismantles and of course that raises serious questions over the credibility of future elections not just for the chief executive but also for the legislative assembly as well as the district councils and it's the district councils that have been worrying beijing keeping the leaders awake at night because 90 percent of those district councils are controlled by the opposition there are reports at least one person has died in miramar as city of mandalay after protesters clashed with police many have been defying a crackdown and marching to demand an end to the military coup activists are out in a number of cities 38 people were killed on wednesday and that has also sparked international condemnation but francis is on his way to iraq where he'll fulfill a longstanding promise to become the 1st pontiff to visit the country the 3 day visit is his 1st trip outside italy since the pandemic

secretary general says for now he remains hopeful and agree with can be reached adrian brown al jazeera on coffee. airport staff in the galapagos islands have rescued 175 endangered baby talk to says from a wildlife trafficker they'd been individually wrapped in plastic and put in a suitcase it's believed they were being brought to ecuador before being shipped elsewhere they can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars on the black market. the top stories are just here what police officer charged in the killing of george floyd has gone on trial in minneapolis in his opening statement prosecutor gerrie blackwell described how direction knelt on floyd's neck while he and his fellow officers ignored floyd saying i can't breathe at least 27 times and that.

from british to chinese rule have not been broken but to some those guarantees now seem worthless adrian brown al jazeera hong kong more with katrina a year now in beijing so can the opposition in hong kong do anything yet they protest on the street when i try say when those get shut down then in the end when beijing makes a call like this it generally stays. that's right hi 12 well from beijing they say that they've in their eyes they're completely within their rights as. those in control of china and hong kong being part of the chinese territory to impose these changes and there is very little as you see on the ground that those who are fighting for democracy or activists can do about it in a sense beijing is kind of acting like a parent that has been impatient with its child and said look we gave you these freedoms but from these $2900.00 protests which cause much stability instability which affected business which effect of tourism you've proven that you cannot be trusted with your own system therefore we've had to come in with a heavy hand and inforce our own control and beijing has been

british to chinese rule have not been broken but to some those guarantees now seem worth of this adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. still to come on al-jazeera communities in rural south africa say they're being left behind in school that 19 vaccination drive and a small but significant step on mars we'll tell you more about treadmill what's left on the red planet. the temperatures dropping in much of central and eastern europe just a reminder that winter is not really gone yet that's the cold front of relevance on it there is some snow mostly is just a change in temperature feel and after that the sun comes out but it's going all the way down towards turkey it will be rather miserable day in istanbul i suspect on saturday everywhere else temperatures drops a single figures from what was double figures but any real wintry weather at the moment this is that we're talking about is probably no way in finland maybe the baltic states windy and snowy here a few showers in the war bit further south particularly in spain and portugal but at least the south portugal is slowly drying up now once it's c

british to chinese rule have not been broken but to some those guarantees now seem worth a mess adrian brownal jazeera hong kong the white house is warning of a powerful cyber espionage campaign surrogates and microsoft exchange email software the so-called hafnium hacking group has been removed late breaking into email servers since january the group is believed to be based in china microsoft says the targets include infectious disease research errors law firms higher education institutions defense contractors policy think tanks and non-governmental groups this is a significant vulnerability that could have far reaching impacts 1st informants this is an active threat and as the national security advisor tweeted last night everyone running the servers government private sector academia needs to act now to patch them we are concerned that there are a large number of victims and are working with our partners to understand the scope of this the perseverance rover has traveled its 1st few meters since landing on mars last month the u.s. space agency nasa says all systems are go that's right brai

imposed by beijing hundreds of their supporters have gathered outside the courthouse live now to adrian brown who's in hong kong for us this evening was the atmosphere like among those people surrounding the building. well outside i say the atmosphere is is pretty tense but also very defiant a lot of the protesters chanting slogans they're actually openly sedition very reminiscent of the protests in 2019 i spoke to one elderly woman she was wrapped in a union jack flag i asked her why she come here she said well we're here not just to show support for those now on trial but also to show support for the people of myanmar she said we have to stand up to authoritarianism wherever it is in the world so the protests in ma'am are very much on the minds of the protesters who gathered outside this courthouse at west kowloon. the trial or rather the appearance of the $47.00 who were charged on sunday has been delayed for another couple of hours and of course that is down to the fact that there are so many people who could have to cram into the dock they've got procedural issues to sort out and it's no

representatives closely connected to the protest movement whose leaders china says must be severely punished adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong the e.u. will this month on bail plans for a digital vaccine passport. president also the funding and says draft legislation will be ready soon educational digital system to confirm a person's vaccination status could be essential to lifting travel restrictions within the region. the philippines is finally rolling out its 1st came in $1000.00 inoculation program the last nation in the region to do so health care workers in manila were among the 1st to get doses of the son of a vaccine which arrived in china on sunday and is bonamy low reports in the capital many are still unhappy with what's on offer. filipino healthcare workers had been expecting the arrival of over $1000.00 vaccines for months the philippines was the only country in southeast asia that hadn't vaccinated a single citizen but the wait is finally over only been asking for a vaccine never seen so before you make their point to maybe be the 1st. thing is that people having been dating make. up does b

regulations curbing freedoms once promised by china gradually the voices of dissent are being silenced adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. no a surge in migrants reaching the u.s. border is challenging joe biden's promise of a more open approach to immigrants nearly 80000 migrants have been reported along the country's southern border with mexico in january the highest figure for that month in at least a decade it comes as the president reopened controversial temporary shelters to help deal with the numbers well how does your castro joins us live now from the calon in texas how do so what's the current situation on the border now what's been happening. there and i'm standing right on the border in fact that fence behind me is trans notorious border fence between the u.s. and mexico and behind it is where these arrests are happening out of public the public's view but the border patrol agents tell me that they're encountering groups of migrants numbering in the $100.00 plus almost on a daily basis which certainly is evidence of what they think is a brewing border crisis for bided all of this activity

british to chinese rule have not been broken but to some those guarantees now seem worth miss adrian brown al jazeera hong kong well let's bring in robert scott he's a senior international economist at the economic policy institute joins me now via skype from potomac in maryland it's good to have you with us again mr scott's on the program i mean how do you think president biden can tackle china can he do it alone or is he now perhaps left with the option of trying to look for international support. well i think the 1st thing a president biden has to do is to get our own house in order he united states has certainly suffered to climb in democratic standards here over the last 4 years. symbolized by the invasion of congress on january 6th i think the 1st step would be to pass the voting rights act or one that passed the u.s. house last week the so-called john lewis act to expand voting rights and in support efforts to curtail access at the polls particularly for african-american and other minority voters i think beyond that you're right he does need to break and would need to form a coaliti

probation election committee will now nominate all candidates to the territories legislative council adrian brown has more from hong kong on the significance of this move by china. the opposition here is effect leaping dismantles and of course that.

well let's get the view now from hong kong adrian brown is there and he says the changes will have a severe impact on democratic politics. the opposition here is effect lee being dismantled and of course that raises serious questions over the credibility of future elections not just for the chief executive but also for the legislative assembly as well as the district councils and its the district councils that have been worrying beijing keeping the leaders awake at night because 90 percent of those district councils are controlled by the opposition now there are a few other places in the world where district councils would command as much international attention as they are today but that is a measure of just how concerned beijing because people voted overwhelmingly for them in those elections in 2019 and what beijing is now saying is that these candidates who were successful were closely aligned with the protest movement and therefore are not true patriots so if they want to remain in their job they can have to take oaths of allegiance and prove that they have a love of the motherla

adrian brown has more kong or what the electoral reforms will mean for the territories activists. i think the future for the pro-democracy movement is very grim indeed according to the few commentators still prepared to speak out here they say that democracy has now been in their words extinguished here in hong kong in fact even one of the kerry lands key advisors bernard chan who's one of her closest advisors has said in many ways hong kong has gone back to the situation it was in in the eighty's when hong kong of course was still a british colony and he says that you know that's how bad the situation is you know what little democracy hong kong has had has now gone and remember this was a system that in many ways was already rigged in china's favor so in many ways it's also academic as to why china has had to do this because almost the entire leadership of the pro-democracy bloc is now either arrested or have fled the country now china has made clear that only patriots in future will rule hong kong or indeed hold positions of authority of power here in hong kong and just a few da

representatives closely connected to the protest movement whose leaders china says must be severely punished adrian brown al-jazeera hong kong. if europeans in the northern region of tikrit have told al-jazeera about how civilians were tortured and killed by eritrean soldiers last year and evidence suggests eritrea did send troops from the government offensive began last november despite its denials reports. just. a senior. is traumatised by one day the 4th of december it was then she says in retrain soldiers into her village in the ethiopian region of 2 green. they tried to rape me and i was thrown to the ground then one of the soldiers fired bullets to scare me but they hit my hand and then fired another bullet that went through my arm i was bleeding for hours. then i had my arm amputated. al-jazeera has gained rare access to to gray and heard from witnesses who say they suffered a pierces that could amount to war crimes but at the hands of eritrean not ethiopian soldiers and liddick honest some girls and i managed to leave the village but on the road we were caught by eritrean soldiers more than 10 so

pro-democracy activists hundreds of people have gathered outside the courthouse in support is adrian brown who's outside that court in hong kong. as you can see plenty of media here plenty of lawyers and of course plenty of protesters the action has been happening outside of the court since early monday morning hundreds of people began gathering some were queuing others were just milling around but it had the sort of feel of the protests in 2019 because they were chanting some of the slogans we heard back then chanting things like fight for freedom stand with hong kong i met a woman who had a a union jack wrapped around the union jack of course being the flag of the former colonial power britain and she said that she was here not just to support those now on trial but also to support the protesters in me in march she said that we have to stand up to authoritarian rule everywhere and a lot of the protesters have been adopting the 3 finger salute which of course is used by protesters from me and thailand to now here in hong kong what is happening inside the court now is that basically nothin

british to chinese rule have not been broken but to some those guarantees now seem worth a mess adrian brown al-jazeera on kong. straight to corona virus restrictions are now in force in brazil's 2 most populous cities because of a surge in new infections in sao paolo essential shops have closed while in rio de janeiro ahs and restaurants can only offer takeout services after 8 pm and a knife nighttime curfew stops people gathering from 11 pm to 5 am on friday there were chaotic scenes in rio as thousands of people aged 60 and over queued for hours for their 1st dose of the corona virus vaccine lines were up to 7 kilometers long and only a fraction of the doses needed were actually available elsewhere in the region protesters have been clashing with police and capitol late on friday as anger has been growing over the government's handling of the pandemic police fired tear gas and rubber bullets as protesters surrounded the congress building innocency on breaking down barriers and burning roadblocks earlier in the day the health minister resigned after a meeting with the president has recentl

in china the un secretary general says for now he remains hopeful an agreement can be reached adrian brown al jazeera on the airport staff in the galapagos islands have rescued $175.00 endangered baby tortoises from a trafficker they've been wrapped in plastic and put in a suitcase it's believed they were being brought to the mainland ecuador before being shipped elsewhere the reptiles can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars in the black market and amanda finds an associate director of the wildlife conservation society she's joining us from hanoi in vietnam by skype thank you very much indeed for being with us one would have thought that the kind of restrictions and lock downs that are being imposed by a because of covert would've actually made it more difficult to traffic wild animals is that the case. unfortunately we're continuing to see wildlife trade and wildlife trafficking around the world there's definitely increasing concerns about wildlife trade as a driver of disease emergence but the practice is still common and we still see confiscations and reports coming from around the

arrested even though those tactics are common in democracies elsewhere in the world adrian thanks very much children brown reporting live from hong kong. now efforts to revive the 2015 nuclear deal between iran and major world powers have stalled the white house says it's disappointed that iran is not ready to hold informal talks along with its european allies iran's foreign ministry says it's too early to be back at the negotiating table tehran wants the u.s. to lift unilateral sanctions 1st gabriel elizondo has more from washington. this is the initial stages of posturing when it comes to diplomacy and negotiations and this was a meeting that was face to face meeting that was proposed by the european union it would have been the 1st preliminary meeting between tehran and washington and this is what tehran is said no to at least for now but the door still remains very much open especially here in washington the white house spokesperson a white house close person giving a statement out 0 basically saying that they are disappointed in the decision by iran but we remain ready to engage in meaningful diploma